Why is Aaron Curry Still Unsigned? There Are 30 Million Reasons

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Published: August 5, 2009

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... is exactly the situation we projected two months ago, right after the New York Jets signed quarterback Mark Sanchez. And it’s looking like the Hawks are going to have to guarantee Curry $30 million, as we said then.

The crux of the problem: Curry’s agent, Mike Sullivan, wants Curry’s deal to pay more than Sanchez’s because the linebacker was picked one spot higher than the quarterback (fourth vs. fifth).

But the Seahawks don’t want to base their negotiations off a quarterback contract, which typically is worth more than deals for players of other positions. Sanchez got $28 million guaranteed in a five-year deal that could be worth $50 million.

“We’ll discount the quarterback deals,” Ruskell told reporters last week, “and they’ll say, ‘Nope, there it is.’ Therein lies the rub of where the deal will get done.”

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